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1946–47 Brentford F.C. season

{{Short description|1946–47 season of Brentford F.C.}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2016}}

{{Infobox football club season

|club=Brentford

|season=1946–47

|manager=Harry Curtis

|chairman=Frank Davis

|stadium=Griffin Park

|league=First Division

|league result=21st

|cup1=FA Cup

|cup1 result=Fourth round

|league topscorer=Townsend (8)

|season topscorer=Townsend (9)

|highest attendance=35,604

|lowest attendance=17,976

|average attendance=25,768

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|pattern_b1=_redstripes2

|pattern_ra1=_red_stripes

|pattern_sh1=_whitesides

|pattern_so1=_redtop_2whitestripes

|shorts1=000000

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|prevseason=1945–46

|nextseason=1947–48

}}

During the 1946–47 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League First Division. The Bees' 12-year run in the First Division ended with relegation to the Second Division after a disastrous season, which tied the club record for fewest league victories and most league defeats. The club did not play again in the top-tier until 2021–22, 74 years later.

Season summary

After three successive top-six finishes in the First Division beginning in 1935–36, Brentford's decline began with the departure of key players during the 1938–39 season,{{Sfn|White|1989|p=162-165}} which culminated with a near-relegation.{{Fchd|BRENTFOR|name=Brentford F.C.}} For 1946–47, the first Football League season since the end of the Second World War, manager Harry Curtis was able to call on many of his regular players from the final pre-war seasons, though the elder players, such as Irish international full back Bill Gorman, utility man Buster Brown and former Wales forward Idris Hopkins, were all at age 35.{{Sfn|White|1989|p=179-184}} Long-serving forward and once-capped England international Billy Scott had remained with the club and was then aged 38.{{Sfn|White|1989|p=179-184}} The team fielded versus Aston Villa on 1 February 1947 was the oldest in club history, with an average age of over 31.5 years.{{Sfn|Haynes|1998|p=99}} Curtis supplemented the squad by bringing in wing half Cyril Toulouse and forwards John Gillies, Maurice Roberts and George Stewart. As in the final pre-war seasons, Curtis would also promote players from the Bees' reserve ranks, signing amateur Roddy Munro to a professional contract and handing debuts to Frank Latimer, John Moore and Wally Bragg, with Bragg going on to become the youngest-ever Brentford debutant at that time.{{Sfn|Haynes|Coumbe|2006|p=25-26}}

Brentford had a good start to the season, winning four of the first five matches and going top on the opening day.{{Cite web |title=Brentford results for the 1946–1947 season |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/brentford/1946-1947/results |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324183004/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/brentford/1946-1947/results |archive-date=24 March 2016 |access-date=25 May 2016 |website=Statto.com}} The majority of the team's goals were scored by forwards Gerry McAloon, Fred Durrant and George Wilkins, but when the goals dried up in September 1946, Brentford's form took a turn for the worse. Matters were made worse when McAloon and Durrant were quickly sold to Celtic and Queens Park Rangers respectively.{{Sfn|Haynes|Coumbe|2006|p=51, 102–103}} A supporter, writing to The Brentford & Chiswick Times, commented "it would seem that Brentford were unaware when they allowed them to go that Thomas, Durrant and McAloon had scored very nearly all the side’s goals in the previous season".{{Cite news |date=20 December 1946 |title=Brentford Needs Goal Scorers. Mcaloon's Transfer "Disastrous." Reader's View |work=The Brentford & Chiswick Times}} Manager Curtis received half back George Paterson from Celtic in part exchange for McAloon and also strengthened the team with full back Malky Macdonald and forward Archie Macaulay.{{Sfn|Haynes|Coumbe|2006|p=98, 105, 121–122}} By December, Brentford had dropped into the relegation places and a run of 11 losses in 15 matches culminated in the heaviest defeat of the season – 6–1 away to Sheffield United on Christmas Day.

Brentford's form improved after the Christmas Day thrashing, going undefeated in four of the following five matches to climb out of the relegation places, but from February 1947 onwards, the team's form evaporated. Despite Len Townsend coming into form and going on to become the Bees' top scorer for the season, the goalscoring problem was compounded by the transfer request and subsequent sale of George Wilkins in February.{{Cite news |title=Moment in time: Wolverhampton Wanderers |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/en/news/article/moment-in-time-wolverhampton-wanderers_199296 |access-date=3 January 2018 |work=Brentford FC |language=en-gb}} Bill Naylor and Dickie Girling were signed in February to bolster the forward line,{{Sfn|Haynes|Coumbe|2006|p=168}} but scored just three goals between them before the end of the season. On 24 May, defeat to Sunderland and a draw for 20th-place Charlton Athletic away to Everton consigned the Bees to relegation to the Second Division.{{Cite web |title=11v11 league table generator |url=https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-one/24-may-1947/ |access-date=5 September 2019 |website=www.11v11.com}}{{Cite web |title=All of the results on Saturday 24th May 1947 |url=http://www.statto.com/football/stats/results/1947-05-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402164118/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/results/1947-05-24 |archive-date=2 April 2016 |access-date=25 May 2016 |website=Statto.com}} By the time of the final day of the season on 14 June, Brentford had lost 14 of the final 19 matches.

The relegation was the first suffered by the club since it joined the Football League in 1920 and it was the club's final top-flight season until 2021–22, 74 years later. A number of club Football League records were equalled or broken during the season, including fewest victories (9), fewest home victories (5), most defeats (26), most home defeats (11), fewest home goals scored (19) and highest average attendance (25,768).{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopedia |date=1998 |publisher=Yore Publications |isbn=1-874427-57-7 |location=Harefield, Middlesex |pages=78–79}}{{Sfn|Haynes|1998|p=13}}

League table

{{main|1946–47 Football League First Division}}

{{:1946–47 Football League|transcludesection=First Division|only_totals=y|showteam=BRE}}

Results

:Brentford's goal tally listed first.

=Legend=

class="wikitable"
style="background:#d0ffe3;"|Win

| style="background:#ffd;"|Draw

| style="background:#ffd0e3;"|Loss

=Football League First Division=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
No.

!Date

OpponentVenueResult

!Attendance

Scorer(s)
style="background:#d0ffe3;"

|1

|31 August 1946

EvertonA2–1

|55,338

Wilkins (pen), McAloon
style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|2

|2 September 1946

BlackpoolA2–4

|24,230

Durrant, Wilkins (pen)
style="background:#d0ffe3;"

|3

|7 September 1946

Huddersfield TownH2–0

|31,407

Wilkins, McAloon
style="background:#d0ffe3;"

|4

|14 September 1946

Wolverhampton WanderersA2–1

|34,446

Durrant (2)
style="background:#d0ffe3;"

|5

|18 September 1946

BlackpoolH2–1

|25,621

McAloon, G. Smith
style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|6

|21 September 1946

SunderlandH0–3

|33,766

style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|7

|28 September 1946

Aston VillaA2–5

|45,350

Wilkins (pen), McAloon
style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|8

|5 October 1946

Derby CountyH0–3

|34,746

style="background:#ffd;"

|9

|12 October 1946

ArsenalA2–2

|43,367

Blakeman (2)
style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|10

|19 October 1946

Preston North EndH2–3

|25,303

Blakeman (2)
style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|11

|26 October 1946

LiverpoolA0–1

|43,892

style="background:#d0ffe3;"

|12

|2 November 1946

Bolton WanderersH1–0

|23,782

Howe (og)
style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|13

|9 November 1946

ChelseaA2–3

|50,242

Hopkins (2)
style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|14

|16 November 1946

Charlton AthleticH1–4

|26,648

Townsend
style="background:#ffd;"

|15

|23 November 1946

Grimsby TownA2–2

|16,750

Macaulay, Townsend
style="background:#ffd;"

|16

|30 November 1946

Leeds UnitedH1–1

|20,352

Townsend
style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|17

|7 December 1946

Manchester UnitedA1–4

|31,956

Macaulay
style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|18

|14 December 1946

Stoke CityH1–5

|30,189

Macdonald
style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|19

|21 December 1946

MiddlesbroughA0–2

|28,750

style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|20

|25 December 1946

Sheffield UnitedA1–6

|36,156

Townsend
style="background:#d0ffe3;"

|21

|26 December 1946

Sheffield UnitedH2–1

|29,535

A. Smith, Wilkins
style="background:#ffd;"

|22

|28 December 1946

EvertonH1–1

|29,360

Hopkins
style="background:#d0ffe3;"

|23

|1 January 1947

Blackburn RoversA3–0

|29,067

Townsend, Wilkins, Stewart
style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|24

|4 January 1947

Huddersfield TownA0–3

|27,759

style="background:#d0ffe3;"

|25

|18 January 1947

Wolverhampton WanderersH4–1

|35,604

Wilkins, Stewart, Townsend, A. Smith
style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|26

|1 February 1947

Aston VillaH0–2

|21,692

style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|27

|22 February 1947

Preston North EndA2–5

|25,591

Townsend, A. Smith
style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|28

|1 March 1947

Derby CountyA1–2

|18,691

Leuty (og)
style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|29

|15 March 1947

ChelseaH0–2

|33,498

style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|30

|22 March 1947

Charlton AthleticA0–3

|29,327

style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|31

|29 March 1947

Grimsby TownH0–1

|19,778

style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|32

|4 April 1947

PortsmouthH1–3

|24,570

Hopkins
style="background:#d0ffe3;"

|33

|5 April 1947

Leeds UnitedA2–1

|23,962

Naylor, Girling
style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|34

|7 April 1947

PortsmouthA0–3

|33,409

style="background:#ffd;"

|35

|12 April 1947

Manchester UnitedH0–0

|22,035

style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|36

|19 April 1947

Stoke CityA1–3

|28,966

Naylor
style="background:#ffd;"

|37

|26 April 1947

MiddlesbroughH0–0

|19,020

style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|38

|3 May 1947

Blackburn RoversH0–3

|18,022

style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|39

|10 May 1947

Bolton WanderersA0–1

|19,887

style="background:#ffd;"

|40

|17 May 1947

LiverpoolH1–1

|18,228

Stewart
style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|41

|24 May 1947

SunderlandA1–2

|20,160

Townsend
style="background:#ffd0e3;"

|42

|26 May 1947

ArsenalH0–1

|17,976

=FA Cup=

{{Main|1946–47 FA Cup}}

style="text-align:center;" class="wikitable sortable"
RoundDateOpponentVenueResult

!Attendance

!Scorer(s)

!Notes

style="background:#d0ffe3;"

|3R

|11 January 1947

|Cardiff City

|H

|1–0

|32,894

|Townsend

|

style="background:#ffd;"

|4R

|25 January 1947

|Leicester City

|H

|0–0

|32,112

|

|

style="background:#ffd;"

|4R (replay)

|30 January 1947

|Leicester City

|A

|0–0

|20,339

|

|

style="background:#ffd0e3;"4R (2nd replay)3 February 1947Leicester CityN1–4

|7,500

|Scott

|Match played at Villa Park, Birmingham.

  • Sources: 100 Years of Brentford,{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |page=379}} [http://www.11v11.com/teams/brentford/tab/matches/season/1947/ 11v11], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160617073414/http://www.brentfordfchistory.co.uk/ Brentford Football Club History]

Playing squad

:Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 1946–47 season.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; width:90%;"
style="background:#d00; color:white; text-align:center;"| Pos.

! style="background:#d00; color:white; text-align:center;" | Name

! style="background:#d00; color:white; text-align:center;" | Nat.

! style="background:#d00; color:white; text-align:center;"| Date of birth (age)

! style="background:#d00; color:white; text-align:center;"| Signed from

! style="background:#d00; color:white; text-align:center;"| Signed in

! style="background:#d00; color:white; text-align:center;"| Notes

colspan="6" |Goalkeepers

!

GK

|Joe Crozier

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1914|12|2|df=y}}

|East Fife

|1937

|

colspan="6" |Defenders

!

DF

|Bill Gorman

|{{flagicon|IRL}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1911|1|13|df=y}}

|Bury

|1938

|

DF

|Frank Latimer

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1923|10|3|df=y}}

|Snowdown Colliery Welfare

|1945

|

DF

|Malky MacDonald

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1913|10|26|df=y}}

|Kilmarnock

|1946

|Coach

DF

|Roddy Munro

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1920|7|27|df=y}}

|Rangers

|1946

|

DF

|Harry Oliver

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1921|2|16|df=y}}

|Hartlepools United

|1938

|

colspan="6" |Midfielders

!

HB

|Wally Bragg

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1929|7|8|df=y}}

|Twickenham Celtic

|1946

|Loaned to Hounslow Town

HB

|Buster Brown

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1910|9|6|df=y}}

|Huddersfield Town

|1937

|

HB

|Tom Manley

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1912|10|7|df=y}}

|Manchester United

|1939

|

HB

|John Moore

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1923|9|25|df=y}}

|Unattached

|1938

|

HB

|George Paterson (c)

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1914|9|26|df=y}}

|Celtic

|1946

|

HB

|Arthur Shaw

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1924|4|9|df=y}}

|Hayes

|1946

|

HB

|George Smith

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1915|4|23|df=y}}

|Charlton Athletic

|1945

|

HB

|Cyril Toulouse

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1923|12|24|df=y}}

|St Cuthberts

|1946

|

colspan="6" |Forwards

!

FW

|Alec Blakeman

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1918|6|11|df=y}}

|Oxford City

|1946

|

FW

|José Gallego

|{{flagicon|ESP}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1923|4|8|df=y}}

|Cambridge City

|1947

|

FW

|John Gillies

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1918|10|22|df=y}}

|St Mirren

|1946

|

FW

|Dickie Girling

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1922|5|24|df=y}}

|Crystal Palace

|1947

|

FW

|Idris Hopkins

|{{flagicon|WAL}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1910|10|11|df=y}}

|Crystal Palace

|1932

|

FW

|Archie Macaulay

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1915|7|30|df=y}}

|West Ham United

|1946

|

FW

|Bill Naylor

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1919|11|23|df=y}}

|Crystal Palace

|1947

|

FW

|Maurice Roberts

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1922|7|5|df=y}}

|Unattached

|1946

|Loaned to Guildford City

FW

|Billy Scott

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1907|12|6|df=y}}

|Middlesbrough

|1932

|

FW

|Alan Smith

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1921|10|15|df=y}}

|Arsenal

|1946

|

FW

|George Stewart

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1920|10|18|df=y}}

|Hamilton Academical

|1946

|

FW

|Len Townsend

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1917|8|31|df=y}}

|Hayes

|1937

|

colspan="7" |Players who left the club mid-season
FW

|Fred Durrant

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1921|6|19|df=y}}

|Folkestone

|1938

|Transferred to Queens Park Rangers

FW

|Gerry McAloon

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1916|9|13|df=y}}

|Wolverhampton Wanderers

|1945

|Transferred to Celtic

FW

|George Wilkins

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|{{Birth date and age2|1946|8|31|1919|10|27|df=y}}

|Hayes

|1938

|Transferred to Bradford Park Avenue

  • Sources: 100 Years of Brentford, Timeless Bees,{{Cite book |last1=Haynes |first1=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914}} Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham}}

Coaching staff

class="wikitable"
Name

!Role

{{flagicon|ENG}} Harry Curtis

|Manager

{{flagicon|SCO}} Jimmy Bain

|Assistant Manager

{{flagicon|SCO}} Malky MacDonald

|Coach

{{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Lane

|Coach

{{flagicon|ENG}} Bob Kane

|Trainer

{{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Cartmell

|Assistant Trainer

Statistics

=Appearances and goals=

{{football squad on pitch|align = right

| GK = Crozier

| RCB = Gorman

| LCB = Munro

| RCM = Macaulay

| CM = G. Smith

| LCM = Paterson (c)

| RF = Hopkins

| RSS = Stewart

| CF = Townsend

| LSS = Wilkins

| LF = Girling

| caption = Brentford's highest appearance-makers in each position during the Football League season.

}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" |Pos

! rowspan="2" |Nat

!rowspan="2"|Name

! colspan="2" style="width:85px;"|League

! colspan="2" style="width:85px;"|FA Cup

! colspan="2" style="width:85px;"|Total

Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

GK

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Joe Crozier

|42

|0

|4

|0

|46

|0

DF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Wally Bragg

|1

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

DF

|{{flagicon|IRL}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Bill Gorman

|34

|0

|4

|0

|38

|0

DF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

style="text-align:left;" |Frank Latimer

|1

00

|0

|1

|0
DF

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Malky MacDonald

|16

|1

|0

|0

|16

|1

DF

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Roddy Munro

|34

|0

|4

|0

|38

|0

DF

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Harry Oliver

|14

|0

|0

|0

|14

|0

HB

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Wally Bragg

|1

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

HB

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

style="text-align:left;" |Buster Brown

|8

00

|0

80
HB

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

style="text-align:left;" |Tom Manley

|9

00

|0

90
HB

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |John Moore

|2

|0

|0

|0

|2

|0

HB

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

| style="text-align:left;" |George Paterson

|27

|0

|4

|0

|31

|0

HB

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Arthur Shaw

|4

|0

|0

|0

|4

|0

HB

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |George Smith

|41

|1

|4

|0

|45

|1

HB

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Cyril Toulouse

|10

|0

|0

|0

|10

|0

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Alec Blakeman

|8

|4

|0

|0

|8

|4

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Fred Durrant

|4

|3

| colspan="2" |—

|4

|3

FW

|{{flagicon|ESP}}

| style="text-align:left;" |José Gallego

|1

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

FW

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

| style="text-align:left;" |John Gillies

|5

|0

|0

|0

|5

|0

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Dickie Girling

|15

|1

| colspan="2" |—

|15

|1

FW

|{{flagicon|WAL}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Idris Hopkins

|39

|4

|4

|0

|43

|4

FW

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Gerry McAloon

|7

|4

| colspan="2" |—

|7

|4

FW

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Archie Macaulay

|26

|2

|4

|0

|30

|2

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Bill Naylor

|11

|2

| colspan="2" |—

|11

|2

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Maurice Roberts

|10

|0

|0

|0

|10

|0

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Billy Scott

|12

|0

|3

|1

|15

|1

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

style="text-align:left;" |Alan Smith

|10

34

|0

|14

|3
FW

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

| style="text-align:left;" |George Stewart

|16

|3

|1

|0

|17

|3

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Len Townsend

|29

|8

|4

|1

|33

|9

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |George Wilkins

|26

|7

|4

|0

|30

|7

  • Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
  • Source: 100 Years of Brentford

= Goalscorers =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #aaa solid;"
Pos.

!Nat

!Player

!FL1

!FAC

!Total

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Len Townsend

|8

|1

|9

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |George Wilkins

|7

|0

|7

FW

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Gerry McAloon

|4

|—

|4

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Alec Blakeman

|4

|0

|4

FW

|{{flagicon|WAL}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Idris Hopkins

|4

|0

|4

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Fred Durrant

|3

|—

|3

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Alan Smith

|3

|0

|3

FW

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

| style="text-align:left;" |George Stewart

|3

|0

|3

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Bill Naylor

|2

|—

|2

FW

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Archie Macaulay

|2

|0

|2

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Dickie Girling

|1

|—

|1

DF

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Malky MacDonald

|1

|0

|1

HB

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |George Smith

|1

|0

|1

FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Billy Scott

|0

|1

|1

colspan="3" |Opponents

|2

|0

|2

colspan="3" |Total45247

  • Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
  • Source: 100 Years of Brentford

= International caps =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #aaa solid;"
Pos.

!Nat

!Player

!Caps

!Goals

!Ref

DF

|{{flagicon|IRL}}
{{flagicon|IRE|1783}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Bill Gorman

|2
3

|0
0

|{{Cite web |title=Bill Gorman |url=http://www.11v11.com/players/bill-gorman-36476/ |access-date=23 May 2016 |website=11v11.com}}
{{Cite web |title=Bill Gorman |url=http://nifootball.blogspot.co.uk/2006/12/bill-gorman.html |access-date=24 May 2016 |website=NIFG}}

FW

|{{flagicon|SCO}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Archie Macaulay

|1

|0

|{{Cite web |title=Archie MacAulay |url=http://www.11v11.com/players/archie-macaulay-28603/ |access-date=25 May 2016 |website=11v11.com}}

= Management =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
rowspan="2"|Name

!rowspan="2"|Nat

!rowspan="2"|From

!rowspan="2"|To

!colspan="5"|Record All Comps

!colspan="5"|Record League

PWDLW %PWDLW %
align=left|Harry Curtis

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|align=left|31 August 1946

|align=left|14 June 1947

{{WDL|46|10|9|27}}|{{WDL|42|9|7|26}}

= Summary =

class="wikitable"
Games played46 (42 First Division, 4 FA Cup)
Games won10 (9 First Division, 1 FA Cup)
Games drawn9 (7 First Division, 2 FA Cup)
Games lost27 (26 First Division, 1 FA Cup)
Goals scored47 (45 First Division, 2 FA Cup)
Goals conceded92 (88 First Division, 4 FA Cup)
Clean sheets8 (5 First Division, 3 FA Cup)
Biggest league win3–0 versus Blackburn Rovers, 1 January 1947; 4–1 versus Wolverhampton Wanderers, 18 January 1947
Worst league defeat6–1 versus Sheffield United, 25 December 1946
Most appearances46, Joe Crozier (42 First Division, 4 FA Cup)
Top scorer (league)8, Len Townsend
Top scorer (all competitions)9, Len Townsend

Transfers & loans

:Cricketers are not included in this list.

style="font-size:95%;" class="wikitable"
style="background:#d00; color:white; text-align:center;" colspan="6" |Players transferred in
style="width:140px;" |Date

! style="width:25px;" |Pos.

! style="width:175px;" |Name

! style="width:225px;" |Previous Club

! style="width:125px;" |Fee

! style="width:25px;" |Ref.

May 1946

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Alec Blakeman

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Oxford City

|Free

|{{Cite news |date=10 May 1946 |title=Captures |work=The Brentford & Chiswick Times}}

May 1946

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|SCO}} John Gillies

|{{flagicon|SCO}} St Mirren

|Nominal

|{{Sfn|Haynes|Coumbe|2006|p=65}}

May 1946

| style="text-align:center;" |HB

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Arthur Shaw

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Hayes

|n/a

|{{Sfn|Haynes|Coumbe|2006|p=144}}

May 1946

| style="text-align:center;" |HB

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Cyril Toulouse

|{{flagicon|ENG}} St Cuthberts

|Free

|{{Sfn|Haynes|Coumbe|2006|p=161-162}}

30 July 1946

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|SCO}} George Stewart

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Hamilton Academical

|n/a

|{{Cite news |date=3 August 1946 |title=Stewart Signs For Brentford. Bees Report For Training On Wednesday |work=Middlesex Chronicle}}

30 July 1946

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|SCO}} J. A. Fyffe

|n/a

|n/a

|

23 August 1946

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Robert Ross

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Murton Colliery Welfare

|n/a

|{{Cite news |date=23 August 1946 |title=Transfer Blow. Housing Snag Stops "Bees" Getting Pivot. Private Trial |work=The Brentford & Chiswick Times}}

August 1946

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Maurice Roberts

|Unattached

|Free

|

October 1946

| style="text-align:center;" |DF

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Malky MacDonald

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Kilmarnock

|£1,500

|{{Sfn|Haynes|Coumbe|2006|p=98, 105, 121–122}}

October 1946

| style="text-align:center;" |HB

|{{flagicon|SCO}} George Paterson

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Celtic

|Exchange

|{{Sfn|Haynes|Coumbe|2006|p=98, 105, 121–122}}

November 1946

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Archie Macaulay

|{{flagicon|ENG}} West Ham United

|n/a

|{{Sfn|Haynes|Coumbe|2006|p=98, 105, 121–122}}

December 1946

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Smith

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Arsenal

|Free

|{{Cite web |title=Alan Smith |url=https://www.arsenal.com/historic/players/alan-smith-0 |access-date=6 December 2021 |website=www.arsenal.com |language=en}}

1946

| style="text-align:center;" |HB

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Wally Bragg

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Twickenham Celtic

|Amateur

|{{Sfn|Haynes|Coumbe|2006|p=25-26}}

January 1947

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|ESP}} José Gallego

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Cambridge City

|Free

|{{Cite web |title=Refugee Footballers in Britain |url=http://www.furd.org/resources/Refugee%20Footballers%20Exhibition%20-%20Final.pdf |access-date=9 May 2018}}

January 1947

| style="text-align:center;" |DF

|{{flagicon|SCO}} William Gibson

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Arsenal

|n/a

|{{Hugman|7225|access-date=19 June 2016|name=Bill Gibson}}

10 February 1947

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Dickie Girling

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Crystal Palace

|n/a

|{{Sfn|Haynes|Coumbe|2006|p=65}}

10 February 1947

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Bill Naylor

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Crystal Palace

|n/a

|{{Sfn|Haynes|Coumbe|2006|p=114}}

March 1947

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Percy Gleeson

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Hounslow Town

|n/a

|{{Sfn|Haynes|Coumbe|2006|p=66}}

style="background:#d00; color:white; text-align:center;" colspan="6" |Players transferred out
Date

!Pos.

!Name

!Subsequent club

!Fee

!Ref.

19 June 1946

| style="text-align:center;" |DF

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Harry Bamford

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Brighton & Hove Albion

|n/a

|{{Cite news |date=21 June 1946 |title=Bamford and Gotts for Brighton |work=The Brentford & Chiswick Times}}

19 June 1946

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jim Gotts

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Brighton & Hove Albion

|n/a

|

19 June 1946

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Albert Hammond

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Exeter City

|n/a

|{{Cite book |title=Western Morning News |year=1946 |location=Plymouth, Devon}}

26 June 1946

| style="text-align:center;" |HB

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Eric Jones

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Crewe Alexandra

|n/a

|{{Cite news |date=28 June 1946 |title=Jones Gets Off At Crewe |work=The Brentford & Chiswick Times}}

September 1946

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Fred Durrant

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Queens Park Rangers

|£4,500

|{{Sfn|Haynes|Coumbe|2006|p=51, 102–103}}

4 October 1946

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Gerry McAloon

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Celtic

|Exchange

|{{Cite web |title=McAloon, Gerald |url=http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/McAloon,+Gerald |access-date=9 June 2016 |website=The Celtic Wiki}}

October 1946

| style="text-align:center;" |DF

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Anderson

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Carlisle United

|Nominal

|{{Sfn|Haynes|Coumbe|2006|p=11-12}}

10 February 1947

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}} George Wilkins

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Bradford Park Avenue

|£7,000

|{{Cite web |title=Wilkins: Ernest George (George) |url=http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/players_profiles/W/WilkinsEG.php |access-date=9 June 2016 |website=Leeds United F.C. History}}

February 1947

| style="text-align:center;" |DF

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Fred Mansfield

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Norwich City

|n/a

|{{Hugman|13097|access-date=29 June 2016|name=Fred Mansfield}}

colspan="6" style="background:#d00; color:white; text-align:center;"|Players loaned out
style="width:140px;"|Date

! style="width:25px;"|Pos.

! style="width:175px;"|Name

! style="width:225px;"|Previous Club

! style="width:125px;"|Date to

! style="width:25px;"|Ref.

1946

| style="text-align:center;" |HB

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Wally Bragg

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Hounslow Town

|1947

|{{Sfn|Haynes|Coumbe|2006|p=25-26}}

November 1946

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Maurice Roberts

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Guildford City

|1947

|{{Hugman|16835|access-date=9 June 2016|name=Maurice Roberts}}

style="background:#d00; color:white; text-align:center;" colspan="6" |Players released
Date

!Pos.

!Name

!Subsequent club

!Join date

!Ref.

April 1947

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|WAL}} Les Boulter

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Yeovil Town

|1947

|{{Sfn|Haynes|Coumbe|2006|p=24}}

April 1947

| style="text-align:center;" |HB

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Buster Brown

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Leyton Orient

|May 1947

|{{Hugman|2511|access-date=9 June 2016|name=Billy Brown}}

April 1947

| style="text-align:center;" |HB

|Collier

|n/a

|n/a

|{{Cite news |date=25 April 1947 |title=The Sportsman's Roundabout – Retained List |work=The Brentford & Chiswick Times}}

April 1947

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|SCO}} J. A. Fyffe

|n/a

|n/a

|

April 1947

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|SCO}} John Gillies

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Morton

|1947

|{{Sfn|Haynes|Coumbe|2006|p=65}}

April 1947

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|WAL}} Idris Hopkins

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Bristol City

|May 1947

|{{Hugman|9342|access-date=9 June 2016|name=Dai Hopkins}}

April 1947

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ernest Muttitt

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Dover

|1947

|{{Sfn|Haynes|Coumbe|2006|p=113}}

April 1947

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Maurice Roberts

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Bristol City

|May 1947

|

April 1947

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|T. Ryder

|n/a

|n/a

|

April 1947

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Billy Scott

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Aldershot

|July 1947

|{{Hugman|17631|access-date=9 June 2016|name=Billy Scott}}

April 1947

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}} John Sutton

|n/a

|n/a

|

April 1947

| style="text-align:center;" |FW

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Len Townsend

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Bristol City

|June 1947

|{{Hugman|19823|access-date=9 June 2016|name=Len Townsend}}

Notes

References

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{{1946–47 in English football}}

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